Baby Dodds

American musician.

Born December 24th, 1898 in New Orleans. ^[ref]

Died February 14th, 1959 at 60 years old in Chicago. ^[ref]

Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

Iraqi poet (1926-1964).

Born December 24th, 1926 in Basra. ^[ref]

Died December 24th, 1964 at 38 years old in Syria. ^[ref]

Belinda Bauer

British writer.

Born December 24th, 1962 (age 62 years) in England. ^[ref]

Charles Simmons

British gymnast (1885-1945).

Born December 24th, 1885 in Islington.

Died February 15th, 1945 at 59 years old in Cricklewood.

Lennart Skoglund

Swedish association football player (1929-1975).

Born December 24th, 1929 in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Died July 8th, 1975 at 45 years old in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

Nepalese politician (1924-2011).

Born December 24th, 1924 in Varanasi.

Died March 4th, 2011 at 86 years old in Kathmandu (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). ^[ref]

Bill Pickering

Rocket scientist born in new zealand.

Born December 24th, 1910 in Wellington.

Died March 15th, 2004 at 93 years old in La Cañada Flintridge (pneumonia).

Souleymane Diawara

Senegalese footballer.

Born December 24th, 1978 (age 46 years) in Dakar.

Viacheslav Chornovil

Ukrainian politician, publicist, prisoner of soviet prisons, member of ukrainian parliament.

Born December 24th, 1937 in Yerky.

Died March 29th, 1999 at 61 years old in Boryspil (traffic collision).

Masaya Nakamura

Japanese businessman, founder of namco.

Born December 24th, 1925 in Tokyo.

Died January 22nd, 2017 at 91 years old